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megan was defense daily. you have spoken about the challenges of trying to cut from the tail instead of the two. i wonder how you look at things like dod schools base operations and from a services perspective how they are looking at the battlefield setting type things and whether that is falling into tooth or tails when you are looking at where to cut. >> we you're looking at everything is on the table and it has been for a couple of years. schools are on the table. we looked at schools. scammer went from very benign efficiency initiatives all the way to very aggressive that included the schools and then we turned it over to the chiefs and the joint staff and the chairman reid a process and they concluded that schools were really important to the quality of life of the military families their kids are out of school all the time. some confidence that dod is going to make sure we provide for their families education was important to the future force recruit and retain so we honor their perspective obviously. t
megan was defense daily. you have spoken about the challenges of trying to cut from the tail instead of the two. i wonder how you look at things like dod schools base operations and from a services perspective how they are looking at the battlefield setting type things and whether that is falling into tooth or tails when you are looking at where to cut. >> we you're looking at everything is on the table and it has been for a couple of years. schools are on the table. we looked at schools....
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you don't spend time or money developing those capabilities for purely conventional purposes or for defensive purposes. usually when you undergo those efforts to develop that kind of capability, it's because you want to have the opportunity to one day put a nuclear warhead on one of those rockets. so that's the story of iran. massive expansion in their enrichment and reprocessing
you don't spend time or money developing those capabilities for purely conventional purposes or for defensive purposes. usually when you undergo those efforts to develop that kind of capability, it's because you want to have the opportunity to one day put a nuclear warhead on one of those rockets. so that's the story of iran. massive expansion in their enrichment and reprocessing
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or notify voters about candidates and their positions on military defense positions or expansion or defense in general? >> again, the proposed draft would say that voter registration drives within the context of a campaign would not be allowable. the other question that needs to be answered -- i would hope everybody would understand. a, the question is what's the definition going to be? b, how much of that activity? again, it's not proposed that people don't have no activity. it's how much activity, as defined, can an organization be engaged in? and the third important question is to what 501-c organizations which regulation, if there is one, would apply? >> how many in the department have been reprimanded? >> that process is -- there's a review board that leadership from the top on down is all gone at this point. and several people are no longer at the i.r.s. >> is there a number you can place on that? >> there's no number. at liberty, give you. starting up from ground level all the way through the exempt organization leadership structure has all been changed. >> and you feel like it's bee
or notify voters about candidates and their positions on military defense positions or expansion or defense in general? >> again, the proposed draft would say that voter registration drives within the context of a campaign would not be allowable. the other question that needs to be answered -- i would hope everybody would understand. a, the question is what's the definition going to be? b, how much of that activity? again, it's not proposed that people don't have no activity. it's how...
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i've gone back and i've talked to defense attorneys, i've talked to prosecutors. prosecutors say to me -- and i used to be an assistant attorney general -- we have to plea bargain. we have to -- if you take this away from us we're not going to be able to get people to plead. but they're not -- they are pleading for the wrong reasons. they're pleading because -- not because they think they're guilty a lot of times, because if they plead it's to six months and a misdemeanor sometimes. if they try the case, it can be five years or ten years in prisonment, and mr. cline, as he said, there are actually examples of people who are offered six months and a year and no time served, who refuse to plead because they really thought they were innocent. were indicted on 15 counts, were found innocent on 14 of those, with the offer out there of a year and a day if they pled, and went to jail for five years. and the jury -- there was a case in birmingham, i'm aware of, because i -- it was widely reported -- where the jury came out and congratulated the defendants family and yet t
i've gone back and i've talked to defense attorneys, i've talked to prosecutors. prosecutors say to me -- and i used to be an assistant attorney general -- we have to plea bargain. we have to -- if you take this away from us we're not going to be able to get people to plead. but they're not -- they are pleading for the wrong reasons. they're pleading because -- not because they think they're guilty a lot of times, because if they plead it's to six months and a misdemeanor sometimes. if they try...
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-- as conservatives we should be very concerned about the state having so much power that criminal defense phones are afraid to go to trial because they know that actually they take more risk going to trial than defending liberty and property and the things that the government should not easily take away from defendants. thank you very much. i yield back my time. >> i'm told we'll be voting between 10:20 and 10:30. excuse me. gentleman from georgia, mr. johnson. >> thank you. it's not so much the sheer volume of criminal laws on the books and how they are apportioned among the various titles of the u.s. code. it's really a matter of what is the impact over over criminalization on society. and i think that from the standpoint of how the committee should approach this issue, i think we should do it in a piecemeal fashion as opposed to an overall solution, because it would simply take too much time to get at the worst aspects of overcriminallization and in my mind, it has to do with the realm of drug prosecutions, and to taked back on one of the issues that mr. labrador raised, the defendant'
-- as conservatives we should be very concerned about the state having so much power that criminal defense phones are afraid to go to trial because they know that actually they take more risk going to trial than defending liberty and property and the things that the government should not easily take away from defendants. thank you very much. i yield back my time. >> i'm told we'll be voting between 10:20 and 10:30. excuse me. gentleman from georgia, mr. johnson. >> thank you. it's...
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marone because he was working for robert gates in the front office of the secretary of defense. those two individuals are demanding scrupulous people who expect the highest of -- mr. marone impressed me for his administrative organizational skills, his ability to put together his budget properties and his ability to identify inefficiencies. i hired him at dhs to do the same there. he's doing an excellent job. he is doing the job that i think members of congress would want us all to do for the department. >> were you aware when you select police department marone to be your chief of staff at homeland security that he made personal use of monies from tax-exempt charities? >> i was generally aware of his public testimony. it was highly publicized, and it concerned events 12-17 years ago. i'm more focused on the last five years when he's worked many national security. >> were you aware when he was hired that at one tomb he secured if writing approval for the retention of a private investigator to, quote-unquote, stoop on then-mayor of philadelphia ed rendell? >> as i said, his emplo
marone because he was working for robert gates in the front office of the secretary of defense. those two individuals are demanding scrupulous people who expect the highest of -- mr. marone impressed me for his administrative organizational skills, his ability to put together his budget properties and his ability to identify inefficiencies. i hired him at dhs to do the same there. he's doing an excellent job. he is doing the job that i think members of congress would want us all to do for the...
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community, through myself, or other latinos attending this convention, will stand with israel in its defense of its sovereignty and its freedom. [applause] while in israel, i went to -- i met with families, women, children, husbands and grandparents that all live under the constant threat of rocket attack. i grew up in a neighborhood where gunshots is what you heard. and it made me, besides making a very strong and very savvy, i could never fathom the thought of my son being, having to experience and witness rockets flying over his head. i can only say that for my son to be an american, is to let them have the luxury of living in the united states that i can explain to him that even though we have this luxury to be here and live as americans, that we also have an obligation to have that commitment, that sense of commitment to israel as well. and that's something that intent on passing down to my son. [applause] shortly after coming back home, i came back with a new sense of responsibility and commitment to clarifying the misinformation about israel. it starts at home. this is clarifying and
community, through myself, or other latinos attending this convention, will stand with israel in its defense of its sovereignty and its freedom. [applause] while in israel, i went to -- i met with families, women, children, husbands and grandparents that all live under the constant threat of rocket attack. i grew up in a neighborhood where gunshots is what you heard. and it made me, besides making a very strong and very savvy, i could never fathom the thought of my son being, having to...
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russian soldiers with no unit identification does not qualify them as self-defense forces. if the world stands by and let's this happen it will be like chamberlain in the sudan land, russia continues to gobble up sovereign state. i want to applaud the ukrainian commander who was the only calm when he e peninsula, marched his soldiers to the airbase to continue the job that they do in securing and fixing the facilities. it was a tough standoff, but the colonel was astonished by the change of events in that the -- in that he's had such a great working relationship with the russian military over the years, and obviously this relationship no longer resides in the relationship between ukraine and russia. on september 4-5 of this year the next nato summit will be held in south wales. i call on what they should have done in the last summit. nato must offer membership action plan to those aspirational countries those that are moving toward democracy, freedom and rule of law. they need to grant membership action plans to ukraine, georgia and muldova. and now is also the time to cont
russian soldiers with no unit identification does not qualify them as self-defense forces. if the world stands by and let's this happen it will be like chamberlain in the sudan land, russia continues to gobble up sovereign state. i want to applaud the ukrainian commander who was the only calm when he e peninsula, marched his soldiers to the airbase to continue the job that they do in securing and fixing the facilities. it was a tough standoff, but the colonel was astonished by the change of...
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i would like to enter into the record our defense of our claims that 95% -- the chair: is the gentlelady requesting unanimous consent. ms. moore: yes, sir. the chair: without objection. ms. moore: appreciate that indulgence, mr. chairman i would like a roll call. the chair: the request is covered by general leave. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from wisconsin. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. ms. moore: mr. chairman, i request a roll call. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceed ogs then amendment offered by the gentlelady from wisconsin will e postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. hensarling: i move that the committee now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the com
i would like to enter into the record our defense of our claims that 95% -- the chair: is the gentlelady requesting unanimous consent. ms. moore: yes, sir. the chair: without objection. ms. moore: appreciate that indulgence, mr. chairman i would like a roll call. the chair: the request is covered by general leave. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from wisconsin. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the noes have it. the amendment is...
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madam chair, i rise today in support of the alert act and in defense of working middle-class families who face the danger that overzealous washington regulators will destroy their jobs and impose new red tape that cuts their wages. an america that works allows small businesses to flourish. jobs can be created. and for folks to have more take-home pay in their pockets. but america doesn't work when washington regulators impose more red tape on businesses, large and small, regardless of the costs. this bill fixes that. i hear a lot on this floor about the warnings of days gone by and the fear mongering attached to trying to instill accountability on this bureaucracy in washington. i don't think any of us on either side of the aisle wants to defend overzealous democrats and imposing unnecessary burdens that have clogged this economy. now, america doesn't work when special interest groups use the courts to impose backroom regulations that destroy jobs and reduce take-home pay. this bill before us fixes that. make no mistake, excessive red tape hurts working middle-class families. for exam
madam chair, i rise today in support of the alert act and in defense of working middle-class families who face the danger that overzealous washington regulators will destroy their jobs and impose new red tape that cuts their wages. an america that works allows small businesses to flourish. jobs can be created. and for folks to have more take-home pay in their pockets. but america doesn't work when washington regulators impose more red tape on businesses, large and small, regardless of the...
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we already took some action to combat this sexual assault in the defense authorization bill. i'm glad today that we will vote on proposals to further action. congress cannot stand idly by while the blight of sexual assault continues. every military leader has the responsibility to take a stand with us for zero tolerance approach to military sexual assault, stand by the victims of sexual assault and stand with the good men and women they command. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: we're going to have two votes at about 2:00. i ask consent that the additional time until 2:00 p.m. be equally divided and controlled. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from new york. mrs. gillibrand: i rise today to speak about the need to strengthen our military and stand by our brave men and women in uniform by passing the bipartisan military justice improvement act. i want to start by thanking all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for the seriousness with which they have approached this issue and the effort they have put into looking at the solutio
we already took some action to combat this sexual assault in the defense authorization bill. i'm glad today that we will vote on proposals to further action. congress cannot stand idly by while the blight of sexual assault continues. every military leader has the responsibility to take a stand with us for zero tolerance approach to military sexual assault, stand by the victims of sexual assault and stand with the good men and women they command. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr....